Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-09

ANAF ~ - W. ~ DNa1NNf
crate; good demand, supply good.
Nuts-Shellbark hickory nuts per bushel
$lal %; walnuts 25a35c.
ParsnipS-$l 25al 80 per barrel.
Turnips-Sl per barrel.
KaleSl 75a2 90 per barrel.
Green OnionS-30c per dozen punches.
New York.
NEW YoEK, March S.-Flour-ReCeipts
-, I'll barrels and sacks; exports 1865
barrels and 22,575 sacks; market q shade
stronger; sales, 1900 barrels; superfine
Western and State 81 7Oa3 80; common TO
good extra Western and State IS 25a3 90;
good to choice do So G5a5 10; common to
good extra Ohio 81 25a5 90; common to
choice extra st. Louis 81 25a5 80. Wheat
Receipts 81, 700 bushels; exports l60,-
40 bushels; spot laic higher, but less &C
tive, closing weaker; options opened ia!c
higher, later ruled easier and declined In
&c, closing heavy; sales, 1861, 900 bush
els futures and lS6, 900 spot; No. > spring
Ole; No. l hard 99c; ungraded red ola
96Ic; No. ) red 9OIa9Tc; No. l red 96Ic
delivered; No. = red March nominal ut
92c; April y2!a93sc, closing ut 92ic; May
93ia9lsc. closing at 93!c; June 93!a9l{c,
closing at 93gc; August 93la9isC, closing
ut 9l@c; September 93;a95c. closing ut
93;c; December 81 sa9S!c, closing at 97sc.
Cnru-Spot firm but quiet; options gener-
ally lower, closing heavy; receipts n, 900
bushels; exports S7,312 bushels; sales 1856
900 bushels futures and 72,OOO bushels
spot; ungraded I9a5Oic; No. 3 l9!c; No.
> March i9ai9ic, closing at 49c; April
49c; May 4~9ial9ic, closing at i9lc; June
I9faI9,c, closing at l9fc. Oats-At laic
lOweI; receipts "a, 900 bushels; exports
none; sales 1900 bushels futures and
ia, 600 bushels spot; mixed western 80
a37c; white 31a42c. Iay-Quiet and UNI
changed. HOps-Quiet and steady. COT
fes-SpOt fair; Rio dull at l4sc; options
lower and fairly active; sales $3.50 bags;
March, April, May, and June r.
II. 95c; July Il. Doc; August, Sep
TENDER, October, November, December and
January r. 5a 1905. Sugar-Firm;
moderate inquiry; Manila \ l5-lGc; %centri-
tugal 5Ia5 5-32c; refined firm and in fair
inquiry; cOnfectioners' A 53c; of A. Liza
5!c; standard A , 5-l6c; cutlOaf and
crushed Gia6 5-l6c; powdered 5sa65c;
granulated 5ic. MOlaSses-Dull; so test
SIC; extra heavy black strap l0fc. Rice
Firm. PetrOleum-Firm; United &c.
Turpentine - Quiet. Eggs-Quiet and
heavy; receipts $50 packages; western
l6lalG3c. WOol-Quiet and barely steady;
domestic fleece 3Oa3@c, pulled lla35c;
Texas 9l25c. Pork-Eirm but quiet. Cut
Meats-Firm; picked bellies 7sa7{c.
Lard-At 7a9 points higher and fairly ac-
tive; western steam spot s. 50; April
- 71I7 30; May s. Sia1 %; June 81 -
az %; July 81 92a1 O.; city steam - ;.
Buttcr-Firm and in fair demand; western
l2a2j. ChecSe-Cuchanged and quiet.
COpper-Steady.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, March S.-The speculation in
wheat, which has been steadily increasing
for a week past, leapcd all bounds to-day,
and the scene in the pit during both SEES
siOnS was very wild. There was a con. in
uatiOn of the upward movement from the
start, the first sales for May delivery being
made at $50, or &c higher than last aight'S
closing figures, followed by q quick adj
vance to Slic, with free buying all the
way up. This was followed by a sharp
decline to S23c, followed By another up
ward movement, which was not stayed
until SGc had been reached. The dealing
was confined almost entirely to May dcliv-
cry, the other options being neglected, and
the outward evidences were such that Il
squeeze" in that month was TO be at
tempted. The excitement in the pit dur
ing tine advance was very great. The
shorts were thoroughly alarmed, and
the short interest is acknowledged TO
be so large that this advance of Sic from
the lowest price current last week meant
tremendous profits and consequently large
losses among the spectators. 1t was con
ccded that the bull leaders who could
push wheat in the face of the heavy selling
and generally beariSh tone of the market
for months must he very powerful and
well equipped for \ fight. The advance
of May from s3ic to Soc was almost in
slant. The opinions rs 10 the power un-
der the advance were rs many almost rs
the operators in their pits. After the top
was touched there was heavy selling by
some of the power idetilled with the bull
side and the market sold off Ia Sj4c and
closed there. In the afternoon May rose
again to S6SC, but the offerings suddenly
grew TO be very large. For a time the
market was hut one remove from Il panic.
May started in apparently strong, hut I'M
mediatcly breaking under the enormous
offerings, and dropped ic, TO s3Sc. There
was Il combined solid rush 10 sell out. If
a break broker could not get what he
wanted Tor it he took what he could get.
Nr,,,nl As3. Tho fa.1tnr ha.upna Stanlipr
and prices recovered tO SHE, closing 1T
SHE. Everything except wheat VAS en-
tirely neglected. The market, nStwith-
standing the violent fluctuations, closed
lc higher thar last night. On the curb
late in the afternoon the price was sac.
There is a very broad suspicion that a
mOneyed combination contemplate a
squeeze" in wheat, but the interesting
problem for n s%peculatOr TO decide now Is,
who is under wheat?" The truth prob
ably will be found that there are a num-
her of cliques under it. There is n Gin
cinnati, a San Francisco, a New York and
a Chicago clique under different sections
of it. May and June were quoted ut the
same figures at the opening, but May at
one time commanded a premium of lie
over June, but this was reduced to &C at
the close. Corn was a shade higher. Oats
dull. Pretty much all hog product de
veloped into n slow and featureIeSS sort of
a deal, but prices were firm and made lit
tie advance. F~lour-Firmer but not quo
tally higher. Wheat Cash No. ? spring
7s}asOc; No. 3 spring 73la7Sc; No 2 red
nominal; March ~7S!asOfc. clOsingat 7ssc;
May S3laS6!c, closing at 54Ic; June S3la
SIZE, closing at S3ic; July S2!as4c, clos
ing at sole. COrn-Cash No. 2 34}a37lc:
March 34ia35!c, closing at safe; May
39.a4Osc, closing at 4Osc; June 40la4lsc,
closing at Ale; July 4l.a42lc, closing at
Ale. Oats-Cash No. =, Sic; March 2la
24lc, closing at dc; May 2ssa29ic, closing
at 2Ssc; June 29!a29}c, closing at 29sc.
Rye-Cash No. . at sac. Barley-NO. =,
4Sc. Flax Seed-NO. l., 81 Os. Timothy
Seed-Prime 81 zeal 81. Mess Pork
Cash $40 35a20 80: March so 80, closing